The “war with no name” has begun; its goal, human extinction. The instigator of this war is the Colony, a race of intelligent ants who,
for thousands of years, have been silently building an army that will forever
eradicate the destructive, oppressive humans. Under the Colony’s watchful eye,
this utopia will be free of the humans’ penchant for violence, exploitation,
and religious superstition. The final step in the Colony’s war effort is the transformation of surface animals into high-functioning two-legged beings who will rise up and kill their masters.

Former house cat turned war hero Mort(e) is famous for
taking on the most dangerous missions and fighting the dreaded human bioweapon
EMSAH. But the true motivation behind Mort(e)’s recklessness is his ongoing search
for a pretransformation friend—a dog named Sheba. When he receives a
mysterious message from the dwindling human resistance claiming Sheba is alive,
he begins a journey that will take him from the remaining human strongholds to
the heart of the Colony, where he will discover the source of EMSAH and learn the
ultimate fate of all earth’s creatures.

“Animal Farm
set in a postapocalyptic world based on interspecies rivalry rather
than communism, with a little religion on the side, this imaginative
story can be taken as a somewhat satirical examination of the role of
the individual in society. Highly recommended.” —Library Journal

“That a novel about the war between ants and
humans with house pets as warriors would be so stunningly believable and, above
all, affecting is a testament to what a wonderful book Robert Repino has
written. Mort(e) is one of the
craziest, most inventive novels I’ve read in a long time.” —James Scott, author of The Kept

“In our age of first person diary-like-entry
novels, Mort(e) is both stunningly
original and wonderfully heartfelt. It’s a wild ride of a book from a skilled
writer I will now be following.” —Shane Jones, author of Light Boxes

"Mort(e)
is wonderful and weird, never saccharine and always startling.” —Cat Rambo, author of Near + Far

“Combining elements of Orwellian parable and
sci-fi/action thriller, Mort(e) is a
tautly constructed indictment of much that is wrong with society and a
celebration of much that is right.” —Matthew Gallaway, author of The Metropolis Case

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Author Bio: Robert Repino

Robert Repino grew up in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania. After serving in the Peace Corps, he earned an MFA in creative writing from Emerson College. His fiction has appeared in the Literary Review, Night Train, Hobart, and the Coachella Review. Repino teaches at Gotham Writers Workshop and has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize. He lives in New York and works as an editor for Oxford University Press.

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Details

Details

Format:

CD

Format:

Library CD

Format:

MP3 CD

Available Formats :

CD, Library CD, MP3 CD

Category:

Fiction/Literary

Publisher:

Blackstone Publishing

Publisher:

Blackstone Publishing

Publisher:

Blackstone Publishing

CDs:

9

CDs:

9

CDs:

1

Runtime:

11.13

ISBN:

9781482993165

ISBN:

9781482993141

ISBN:

9781482993158

Audience:

Adult

Language:

English

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